WC5001:06
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Townsville
Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
13 lecture/seminars or the equivalent in mixed mode delivery. First or second semester and flexible delivery.
An interdisciplinary survey of current feminist research and theoretical issues in women’s studies. Topics may include: women and work, health, education, social welfare and law; rural, migrant and NESB women; women of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; women in literature; women in history; women and development.
Learning Objectives:
- to demonstrate understanding of historical and contemporary social structures and processes which create particular gendered regimes in public and private life;
- to demonstrate understanding of various theoretical frameworks with which to analyse women’s various positions, opportunities, and achievements in public and private life.
Assessment by research paper (2,500 - 3,000 words) (70%); seminar presentation or reflective journal (30%).
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